Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Business Trusts (Amendment) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of section 7

Section 7 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) The trustee‑manager of a registered business trust must take all reasonable steps to secure that each secretary of the trustee‑manager is a person who satisfies the requirements in section 171(1AA) of the Companies Act 1967.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “an offence” in subsection (2), the words “and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000”.